Restrictions Gun Owners Want?

Make it a federal felony for any gov't representative or worker to even discuss/think/attempt to restrict/reduce the right of a lawful US citizen to own or carry any firearm they wish.
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I don't really see that having any reasonable chance of being supported by anyone, myself included.
 
That's not such a far fetched idea...

http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22998&highlight=rico

While it isn't exactly the same thing as k_dawg posted - it's in the same vein.

Edit - - Ok - I have to apologies a little.

I thought it would be a lot easier to track down where the idea of using RICO to go after congress members that co-sponsor anti 2nd amendment rights than it turned out to be.

I tried to search for RICO - but - I got a zillion and three hits - mostly Puerto Rico...
I could even be wrong on the site here also...it could very well have come up on the High Road...

Anyhow - yes - at one time there was some discussion either here, THR or possibly even Bladeforums.com about using RICO.
For newer members here.. TFL, THR and Bladeforums.com all operated very close together at one time or another. Many of the staff and the "regulars" posted or moderated or pitched in at all three.
 
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Ridiculous, if your not in jail and not under arrest I believe the founding fathers would have found you have no restrictions on owning firearms..

Every restriction directly impacts freedom...
 
if your not in jail and not under arrest I believe the founding fathers would have found you have no restrictions on owning firearms..
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And neither did lots of people in this country, for a long, long time. When you got out of jail/prison (after serving your full sentence, as early release was simply an inmate's dream), you got your life, and all your rights back.

Not sure just when it began, but by 1968 it became Federal law. Felon, no guns, ever,the rest of your life, period, unless a court said otherwise.
 
Not sure just when it began, but by 1968 it became Federal law.
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The actual term is "disenfranchisement." It dates back to ancient times, and the original idea was that conviction of a felony removed all rights from the offender. In medieval Europe, the offender could even be killed by his neighbors without recourse.

There's some suggestion that the term "outlaw" in early American practice meant the same thing. The idea was total ostracism without getting our hands bloody.

I'd really like to think we have a more modern view of crime and punishment as a society, but here we are.
 
As I said in another forum, the antis will never stop. They will just keep coming after our firearms. We must constantly fight for our rights.

It is not about safety or keeping guns out of the hands of the mental ill. It is about disarming the general population. Sen. Feinstein said it herself, that if she could get a majority vote in the U.S. Senate she would outlaw guns in the hand of ordinary citzens.
 
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As I said in another forum, the antis will never stop. They will just keep coming after our firearms. We must constantly fight for our rights.

It is not about safety or keeping guns out of the hands of the mental ill. It is about disarming the general population. Sen. Feinstein said it herself, that if she could get a majority vote in the U.S. Senate she would outlaw guns in the hand of ordinary citzens.
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Sigh. The day will come soon enough I am afraid.
 
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